Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.54%

Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Consumer Staples and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.54% to hit a new all time high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP), which rose 21.45% or 26.89 points to trade at 152.26 at the close. Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML) added 5.26% or 0.15 points to end at 3.00 and Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY) was up 5.13% or 0.10 points to 2.05 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Atkinsrealis Group Inc (TSX:ATRL), which lost 5.99% or 4.10 points to trade at 64.40 in late trade. Algoma Steel Group Inc (TSX:ASTL) declined 4.47% or 0.73 points to end at 15.60 and Nutrien Ltd (TSX:NTR) shed 3.62% or 2.46 points to 65.54.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 565 to 376 and 100 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 1.98% to 10.90.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.53% or 13.75 to $2,603.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $68.01 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $71.77 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 0.72, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.15% to 0.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 105.85.